Patents by Inventor Alex Penev

Alex Penev has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10318816
    Abstract: Generating a plurality of event clusters by segmenting an image set. Each event cluster includes at least one image from the image set. The image set, having time metadata corresponding to each image in the set, is accessed. A time interval between each pair of neighboring images in the image set is determined. The neighboring images in each of the pairs are adjacent in a time ordered sequence. The time interval for each of the pairs is determined from time metadata associated with each image in the pair. An adjustment value is determined for one or more of the determined time intervals based on at least one of predetermined time of day information and calendar information. The images in the image set are segmented to generate the plurality of event clusters. Segmentation boundaries for each event cluster are determined using at least the determined adjustment value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mark Ronald Tainsh, Alex Penev, Sammy Chan
  • Patent number: 10074039
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first obtaining unit to obtain a number of images in which a pair of a first person and a second person simultaneously appears, out of a plurality of images. A detection unit detects whether the pair appears in a target image group, which is one of a plurality of image groups into which the plurality of images is classified. In determining whether the pair appears in the target image group, it is determined that the pair appears in the target image group not only in a case when the target image group includes an image in which the first person and the second person simultaneously appear, but also, in a case when the target image group includes images in which the first person and the second person appear separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichi Mitsumoto, Alex Penev
  • Publication number: 20170039453
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus, obtains the number of images in which a first person and a second person simultaneously appear out of a plurality of images; obtains the number of image groups in which the first person and the second person appear out of a plurality of image groups into which the plurality of images are classified; specifies an intensity of a relationship between the first person and the second person based on the number of images obtained and the number of image groups obtained; generates information of a correlation of a plurality of persons who appear in the plurality of images, based on the specified intensity; and extracts one or a plurality of person groups to which each of the plurality of persons belongs, based on the generated information of the correlation of the persons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Shinichi Mitsumoto, Alex Penev
  • Publication number: 20160379058
    Abstract: A method of segmenting an image set to generate a plurality of event clusters. Each event cluster includes at least one image from the image set. The image set, having time metadata corresponding to each image in the set, is accessed. A time interval between each pair of neighbouring images in the image set is determined. The neighbouring images in each of the pairs are adjacent in a time ordered sequence. The time interval for each of the pairs is determined from time metadata associated with each image in the pair. An adjustment value is determined for one or more of the determined time intervals based on at least one of predetermined time of day information and calendar information. The images in the image set are segmented to generate the plurality of event clusters. Segmentation boundaries for each event cluster are determined using at least the determined adjustment value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Ronald TAINSH, Alex PENEV, Sammy CHAN
  • Patent number: 9344631
    Abstract: A method of selecting an image captured on an image capture device (101) is disclosed. A captured image is displayed on a display (114) associated with the image capture device (101). A viewer image of a viewer viewing the captured image displayed on the display (114) is captured using the image capture device (101). The captured image and the viewer image are compared to identify at least one common feature in the captured image and the viewer image. The captured image is selected if the at least one common feature is identified in both the captured image and the viewer image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Alex Penev, Mark Ronald Tainsh